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November 15th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research
Observing 4,000 scheduled bus routes Oct 17-24, Transportation Riders United volunteers noted that just 50% of the scheduled buses showed up on time. Hundreds failed to arrive at all, leaving riders stranded. TRU’s Report Card details the magnitude of the problem [...]
November 15th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research RealtyTrac recently reported that nationally, foreclosures were up 7 percent in October from the prior month, while defaults in California, Florida and Michigan hit 12-month highs. October foreclosures for Michigan totaled 16,101, up from just over 14,500 in September and [...]
November 15th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research In late October, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced a “new and improved” version of the Homes Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) dubbed as HARP 2.0 The intent of the program is to make it easier for underwater homeowners to refinance [...]
November 8th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research
Michigan Forward conducted a three-day online poll on Detroit’s Proposal C. This short poll measures the support for the Detroit City Charter and the charter’s strengths and weaknesses. Here are the results from our poll. Over 56% of poll participants [...]
November 5th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research
Michigan Forward is conducting an online poll on Detroit’s Proposal C. We are encouraging Detroit residents, registered to vote in the city of Detroit to participate in our poll. This short poll measures the support for the Detroit City Charter [...]
August 29th, 2011 | By Brandon Jessup, Issues & Research
Despite what the newspapers say the numbers don’t lie. The politics around those numbers however, change with the wind or whoever is blowing the most hot air. There’s alot going on as the season turns to fall. Hundreds of thousands [...]
June 17th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research
Legislation introduced on Wednesday in both the House and Senate was already approved by a House committee and is likely to voted on by the entire House next Tuesday. Township officials need to make contact immediately with legislators. The bills [...]
June 10th, 2011 | By Brandon Jessup, Issues & Research
Yesterday, the Michigan Senate Banking & Finance Institutions Committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 398 a bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville and State Senators Jim Marleau and Mike Green. This legislation would extend Michigan’s pre-foreclosure policy [...]
May 11th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research
P.A. 4 supersedes the previous emergency financial manager policy and court decisions that provide accountability, disclosure and preserves democracy. Many municipalities and school districts in Michigan’s urban areas are threatened by the extremes in this policy. [...]
April 27th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Issues & Research
Today, Governor Rick Snyder proposed large scale reforms with hopes of transforming Michigan’s educational system.
Snyder’s education reforms hope to changes Michigan’s education system rooted in agriculture, to one that prepares Michigan for tomorrow’s challenges. The governor’s plan dramatically shifts [...]
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